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Published in: Child's Nervous System 5/2004

01-05-2004 | Focus Session

Clinical features of Chiari I malformations

Author: Paul Steinbok

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 5/2004

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Abstract

Background

With the advent of MRI, the diagnosis of Chiari I malformation is being made in younger patients, often with minimal or no neurologic symptoms.

Clinical features

The symptoms and signs of a Chiari I malformation may be related to the compression of neural and/or dural structures at the cranio-cervical junction or may be related to the associated syringomyelia. Scoliosis is a particularly important and common finding in those children with syringomyelia.
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Metadata
Title
Clinical features of Chiari I malformations
Author
Paul Steinbok
Publication date
01-05-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 5/2004
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-003-0879-x

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